I'm a licensed pilot and fly out of OWD, where Dave flies from (at least on the video). As I watched the news last night after American Idol, I knew they were going to mention this site, that I've been using for some time, now. (4 years, I'd say)

I had no idea Dave was from Massachusetts.

So, I'm watching it and I go "Hey, they're in Norwood!!!" My wife asks me how I know and I said that I recognized the voice of the tower controller when he cleared Dave for takeoff. Sure enough, at 1:30 of the clip, the Skyhawks the reporter stands in front of are owned by my flight school. Couldn't see the tail number, but based on the paint, it's either 9905F or 712SJ.

So YAY for OWD !!!! and YAY for live ATC.net. My wife had to admit that I wasn't completely nuts after all.

I'm a licensed pilot and fly out of OWD, where Dave flies from (at least on the video). As I watched the news last night after American Idol, I knew they were going to mention this site, that I've been using for some time, now. (4 years, I'd say)

I had no idea Dave was from Massachusetts.

So, I'm watching it and I go "Hey, they're in Norwood!!!" My wife asks me how I know and I said that I recognized the voice of the tower controller when he cleared Dave for takeoff. Sure enough, at 1:30 of the clip, the Skyhawks the reporter stands in front of are owned by my flight school. Couldn't see the tail number, but based on the paint, it's either 9905F or 712SJ.

So YAY for OWD !!!! and YAY for live ATC.net. My wife had to admit that I wasn't completely nuts after all.

Ha...I actually fly out of Nashua, and occasionally out of Hanscom. But I flew to OWD that day since it is close to Fox25. But yay for OWD anyway! I have a friend who I fly with often who is based there.

Congrats Dave and to those who help with this site. Worthy of being acknowledged in the news for sure. I have to be honest though......the clip of the pilot, who was out of control and screaming like hell, seemed a bit morbid for the news to share with the viewing public. I realize it had a happy ending, it just seemed like an awfully odd clip for them to use.